Dover,
DE (LifeNews.com) -- Bishop W. Francis Malooly has expanded on
his previous comments that he will not deny communion to incoming
Vice-President Joe Biden because of his pro-abortion position. Malooly
says he can do more good by not alienating Biden and other pro-abortion
Catholic politicians.

"My
own conscience tells me I have a better chance of helping someone
if I don't alienate" that person, he said during a conference
for young Catholics over the weekend.

Bishop
Malooly said he was following the lead of most of the other Catholic
bishops in the United States who have not revoked the sacrament for
pro-abortion elected officials and have instead adopted a more conciliatory
approach to changing their hearts and minds on abortion.

According
to a report in the Wilmington News-Journal, Bishop Malooly, who was
recently installed as the head of the Catholic Church in Delaware
and Marylands eastern shore, said his dealing with pro-abortion
politicians who deviate from pro-life Catholic teachings is nothing
new.

He
said as the auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Baltimore that
he dealt with the contentious communion issues.

Malooly
told the newspaper that "I don't know everyone's conscience
and can't make decisions about abortion and communion on a broad basis
but must confront people who are out of step with the church one-on-one.

Last
month, Malooly said
he wouldn't deny Biden communion even though several of his fellow
bishops have done so.